Gas-stove.



I I'. K. BERRY.

GAS STOVE.

APPLICATION FILED 1111115, 1910.

Patented Dec. 19, 1911.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK K. BERRY, OF BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN, ASSIG'NOR TO A. B. STO-VECOMPANY,

OF BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

GAS-STOVE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 5, 1910.

Patented Dec. 19, 1911. Serial No. 542,276.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK K. BERRY, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Batt-le Creek, in the county of Calhoun and Stateof Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGas-Stoves, of which the following is a specication, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to gas stoves, and it is the particular object ofthe invention to utilize the burner used as a broiler or toaster foralso heating the top of the stove.

To this end, the invention consists in the construction as hereinafterset forth.

In the drawingsFigure 1 is a central section through a portion of thestove; and Fig. 2 is a top plan view, partly broken away.

A is a stove preferably formed of sheet metal having a top B below whichis a chamber C used for the broiler and toaster.

D is a gas burner located in the upper portion of the chamber C, and Eis the usual adjustable shelf or pan engaging supporting racks F atopposite sides of the chamber.

As has already been stated, it is the object of the invention to utilizethe burner D for heating at the top of the stove. To this end, the top Bis preferably provided with a removable lid Gr located ,centrally abovethe burner. There is also provided a shield or slide for protecting thetop of the stove from the heat of the burner when the latter is employedfor broiling or toasting, which shield is movable to an inoperativeposition, when the top is to be heated. This shield is preferably in theform of a register slide or damper which in one position of adjustmentwill cut off all communication between the.

burner and the top of the stove, while in another position apertures areprovided through which the flame may pass upward.

4*In detail, H is a partition arranged beneath the top B and above theburner D, the portion of the partition directly over the burner beingprovided with a plurality of apertures. Positioned upon opposite sidesof the partition I-I are a pair of warming plates I having aperturesregistering with the apertures in the partition.

J is an apertured shield or slide controlling the apertures in theplates I and movable by means of a shank K and handle L to bring theapertures therein into or out of registration with the apertures in themembers I.

With the construction described, when the burner D is employed forbroiling or toast-ing, the slide is moved to close the apertures in thewarming plates, which deflect the flame and heat downward. On the otherhand, when the heat is desired at the top of the stove, the slide isadjusted to open the apertures and the lid Gr is removed, which permitsthe flame from the burner D to pass upward.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a gas or vapor stove, a top, a removable lid for the top, ahorizontal partition arranged below and spaced a slight distance fromthe top having the portion directly beneath the removable lid apertured,a broiler chamber below the horizontal partition, a burner within thebroiler chamber positioned in immediate proximity to .and directly be'-neath the apertured portion of the partition, warming plates arrangedupon opposite sides of the partition over the apertured portion andhaving apertures registering with the apertures in the partition, aslide valve mounted upon the warming plate above the partition forcontrolling the apertures in the latter and the warming plates, and ahandle for operating said valve.

2. In a gas or vapor stove, a top, a removable lid for the top, ahorizontal partition arranged below and spaced a slight distance fromthe top having the central portion thereof provided with a plurality ofapertures arranged beneath said removable lid the remaining portion ofthe partition being imperforate, a broiler chamber below the horizontalpartition, a burner within the broiler chamber in immediate proximity toand arranged directly beneath the apertured portion, a pair of Warmingplates positioned plates and partition, and a handle for aetuif uponopposite sides of the partition and seating said valve.

cured thereto, said Warming plates having` In testimony whereof I ailixmy signature a plurality of apertures alining with the in presence oftwo Witnesses. apertures in the partition, a slide valve FRANK K BERRYmounted upon the Warming plate above the partition having aperturedportions adapted litnessesz to be moved alternately into and out of reg-MAUDE BROWNING,

istration with the apertures in the Warming MARGARET M. SoUTHWonTH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

